UMIN ID: UMIN000053861
Registered date:15/03/2024
The effectiveness trial of occupational lifestyle intervention enhancing physical activity, preventing musculoskeletal health, and improving work environment of teleworkers: a cluster randomized controlled trial (TELEWORK Study)
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Pending |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | Not applicable (Adult) |
| Date of first enrollment | 2024/03/15 |
| Target sample size | 500 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | Intervention group The intervention program consist of three components as follows: 1) Physical activity promotion Online lectures and distribution of lecture materials Competitions on the number of steps taken Feedback on physical activity 2) Musculoskeletal health Online lectures and distribution of lecture materials Distribution of pamphlets 3) Work environment improvement Online lectures and distribution of lecture materials The abovementioned program will be delivered through our website and periodic messages to encourage healthy behaviors. Moreover, messages of recommendations from the upper management in the workplace will be delivered. Not necessarily all intervention components will be implemented. Control group No education (wait-list control) Control group No education (wait-list control) |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | Objectively measured number of steps (before and 3 months after intervention) |
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| Secondary Outcome | 1) Objectively measured physical activity (low-intensity, moderate-intensity, and high-intensity physical activity time, as well as sedentary time) 2) Work engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Scale) 3) Work productivity (WHO Health and Work Performance Questionnaire) 4) Mental health (K6) 5) Work environment (home and office, subjectively and objectively measured) (SAP-Subjective Assessment of workplace Productivity) 6) Work environment improvement actions 7) Physical symptoms (Somatic Symptom Scale-8) 8) Presence and severity of low back pain and its impact on work 9) Attitudes toward low back pain 10) Frequency of low back pain exercises Above outcomes will be measured before and 3 months after intervention 11) Subjective improvement of low back pain (Patient Global Impression of Change) after intervention |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 18years-old |
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| Age maximum | 65years-old |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | 1) Persons who are prohibited from exercising by their doctors 2) Persons who are planning long-term business trips or retirement during the study 3) Persons who are pregnant or possibly pregnant 4) Persons whose participation is deemed inappropriate by the research director |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | Public Interest Corporation Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare |
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| Secondary Sponsor | Tsukuba University, Teikyo University, Showa University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
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Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Aya Wada |
| Address | 150 Tobuki, Hachioji, Tokyo Japan 192-0001 |
| Telephone | 042-691-1163 |
| ay-wada@my-zaidan.or.jp | |
| Affiliation | Public Interest Corporation Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare Physical Fitness Research Institute |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Yuko Kai |
| Address | 150 Tobuki, Hachioji, Tokyo Japan |
| Telephone | 042-691-1163 |
| y-kai@my-zaidan.or.jp | |
| Affiliation | Public Interest Corporation Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare Physical Fitness Research Institute |